We Fix Atari's Legendary "Hard Drivin" Arcade Game! Steering, Brakes, PCB Repair WOW!

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[@galois19]

Australia?

[@dickyboyjr]

The machine at my local arcade was the large box and the brake pedal stopped working on that too. Fun to watch you play.

[@nickoD509]

I used that thing, I like it a lot.

[@nickoD509]

Note to self: dont ride with Joe if he's drivin. lol

[@BijahD]

You pressed on the brake pedal while the pedal assembly was on a glass cabinet.....smh

[@ku4uv]

I spent a ton of money in this game at my local mall arcade back in the day. Good times.

[@bobfrapples1208]

That spiral!!!

[@Larry]

Such a legendary game, I know people who passed their driving tests from practicing on this game! :D

[@LyonsArcade]

I've heard others say that, that is so cool, Atari had something special with this one!

[@richardlarson5956]

@@LyonsArcade I learned how to drive a manual transmission on one.

[@williamhelms9942]

lol!

[@gunnerglenn6890]

Many of the kids of Atari employees learned how to drive a stick on the sit-down version during the development of the game.

[@NONAME-fy7pr]

;-)

[@sky173]

Back in the day, I spent a small fortune playing this. I always wanted one but $15,000 was a way beyond my price range. I ended up getting a job at the arcade I lived at. That was in 1988. Fifteen years later, in 2004, I found one for sale for $600 and drove 1,200 miles to pick it up. It was the full-size beast and weighed a ton... I should have never gotten rid of it. It was a great game for it's time. I sure hope to stumble on another one day. They are definitely classics.

[@LyonsArcade]

The bigger they are the harder they are to 'survive', the operators liked to junk the ones that took up a lot of room in the warehouse. It's horrible....

[@xfer43]

I have this game in my home. Worked perfectly until about 10 years ago. No one works on these anymore! I love what you do! Know of anyone to repair these in Hampton Roads, VA?

[@LyonsArcade]

I don't unfortunately but if you sign up for the forums on www.KLOV.com they will help you find somebody or fix it yourself!

[@R23HTC]

Encyclopedia Brown. Boy does that bring back memories!❤

[@intothebluemr]

This brings back so many memories! When you hit the cow it goes "MOO!"

[@LyonsArcade]

Attention to detail :)

[@threeparots1]

I loved that detail…

[@Doughillman]

One of my top 5 faves of all time. I was working at Aladdin's Castle when this came out. We had the sitdown cabinet. I'd come in to work every day and the damn fast lap had always been set by some dude named Phantom Photon. I assumed he must also work in the mall and played on his lunch break. I always hoped to meet him one day, since he was clearly fast, since he always had the high score when I got there. I was even better though, I always beat his ghost car in the championship race. One of us always held the high score and fast lap. It took me like a month until I finally opened on a Saturday and turned the machines on to realize that Phantom Photon was just the default AI high score driver. I wasn't competing against another human being, I was just racing the CPU every time because no one else could beat the top time besides me. :) There's a sit-down Race Drivin' at one of my local arcades. Even with other choices, I usually pick the original stunt track, as that one is the. most fun. (The corkscrew is just too difficult.) I still regularly beat my old rival Phantom Photon. :) I've got first dibs on the machine if the owner ever decides to sell.

[@LyonsArcade]

We had this woman call us once and buy a Centipede we had for sale, after we delivered it, she said she didn't want to tell us ahead of time... but she thinks that's the exact same one she used to play at the Ice Cream shop when she was a little girl, because her initials were still on it. We didn't tell her the initials were the random ones the game loads up like you're talking about, why ruin her fun?

[@johnsheetz6639]

Florida?

[@tjwright]

did you see the top score at the end? It was Phantom Photon

[@Doughillman]

@@tjwright Man, that guy's still good! :)

[@L330ne]

Haha awesome story

[@MMWA-DAVE]

Seems like Atari had its most talented staff in the service manual writing department instead of running the company. lol

[@TheStuffMade]

Amazing game, nice work fixing it. I remember when it hit the arcades back in the day it was truly something special, the first real 3D racing game . I think if anyone is calling it a bad racing game they are referring to the early home computer ports, they were all trash compared to the arcade version.

[@threeparots1]

Amiga was one of the better ones, but it still lacked something

[@fensoxx]

I’ve been fixing sports scoreboards for a couple decades and learned more watching you read these electrical schematics on these videos than I’ve figured out for myself over the years. Thanks!

[@andyb-com]

I recall having to repair those machines when they first came out. So heavy and we would always find the motor driver had died. Two actually set on fire !. We had to install one of the larger units in the 3rd storey of a building and it had to be carried up the service stairs due to the size and mainly because the stairwalker wouldnt fit in the stair well.

[@cantankerousclankingcontra8295]

Great Game! I remember playing Hard Drivin' 2 on an Amiga 500 as a kid. The barn had a cow near it that I'd drive into.

[@Semparo]

When I was a kid I Used to pester my mother for money to play this every time we went grocery shopping, was at the local grocery store in a small town in Potosi, Mo known as Karsch's. Was 50 cents per credit.

[@LyonsArcade]

I don't remember where I used to see this, my memory isn't that great, thank you for watching Semparo!

[@kevinfishburne]

FF is hexadecimal for 255, meaning it thinks the brake is maxed out. So each input is one byte / 0 - 255. Love your videos (still watching this one).

[@JasonTurner]

Love these videos man! Keep 'em coming! Great common sense troubleshooting skills and great memories each time I watch one of these! Good stuff!

[@jpnasc78]

I really like your troubleshooting skills! You read and interpret schematics very well, use logic a lot, look at the tiniest details and etc. Another successful repair of a beautiful machine. Congratulations!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Joao we appreciate you watching, and the kind words!

[@WhitfieldProductionsTV]

I was 13 when I first played this at the arcade, sit down model, clutch, brake, gas, 5 speed shifter with reverse, I would spend so much serious money on the game that I earned from doing yardwork and such and I was there daily. this was one of the funnest games I can remember from my youth.

[@jazzdirt]

Hard Driving has 4 gears....

[@WhitfieldProductionsTV]

@@jazzdirt sit down model had 5. I spent hours in it daily, not talking the half booth units.

[@fate66usn]

As a 42 y/o electrical engineer, I couldn't stop watching this. One of my favorite games, and troubleshooting the schematics was like a murder mystery to me.

[@LyonsArcade]

That's how I see it too, very interesting stuff :) Thank you for watching Charlie!

[@randyarrasmith2013]

Nice video. I really enjoyed watching the testing process. Seeing the service manuals was awesome. And seeing the components being troubleshooted and fixed was cool! Thanks.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Randy, we appreciate you watching! See you on the next one... .

[@henryhelfman8478]

I recently rediscovered this game visiting a retro arcade bar and was impressed by the physics, driving dynamics and force feedback. I was also surprised how it all still worked. Now I know- In 1988 Atari printed service manuals with 3d solid modeled exploded diagrams for field techs, in addition to those great flow charts and circuit diagrams. Thanks for sharing

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching Henry, yes the Atari schematics and manuals are the absolute best. The Midway ones were really good too all the way up to the NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat stuff they're very complete!

[@CraigHuckabee]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane again. I sunk a ton of money into the cockpit version at an arcade in Myrtle Beach. Must have been right after it came out.

[@LyonsArcade]

Good old Myrtle Beach. They tore down the arcade to make a parking lot, crazy.

[@gfy69]

I remember when I 1st saw this game in an arcade, I was fascinated, intimidated and hypnotized all at once. I knew it was hard as hell so I always watch people play it 1st

[@daakrolb]

Yes that is what I experienced too!

[@coxyofnewp]

my aunt who owned a caravan park - had a full version of this in the arcade the one year and I was always on it.. loved the game !! Great memories .. Great video !!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Coxy!

[@WeSRT4]

Man I absolutely loved that game as a kid. Was a truly challenging driving game.

[@TigerBoyRS]

Great game and video! Very cool to show the inside of these amazing machines and fixing it. What a joy! I've played Hard and Race Drivin' during summer vacations at Costa de Caparica, Portugal. They were so expensive, only big Arcades could afford it. Keep up the good work. Cheers 🇵🇹

[@ChadAmI80]

Another legendary arcade repair video by Ron and Joe. What a unique issue that brake was. Glad you got it working. I remember playing this game so many years ago.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching ChadAmi, I was glad we got it fixed! It's a really cool game, very original design for sure...

[@frep420]

I bought a Race Drivin' game from an auction. I had it in my living room for years, the monitor on top extends the point of view and makes it feel almost like a cockpit. The force feedback, clutch, even the key switch were TOTALLY revolutionary for the time

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching Jeffro!

[@gregg7761]

I grew up and still live in a rural area. Our county fair use to have an arcade set up in a tent during the fair and this is one of the games they had. I’m more amazed at this game now than I was back then. I had no idea it was so complicated!! Just look at the size of those computer boards and the size of that motor for the force feedback! It’s unbelievable. The guys who lugged all those heavy machines around from fair to fair in the summer heat earned an honest living.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah that's what i'm trying to show a little bit on our channel, these machines were built by hand and designed by very smart people, they have a lot of thought that has went into them and some of them like this one were unbelievably complex for the time! Thank you for watching Gregg!

[@georgeshelton6281]

It will never get old. That's the old-timer video arcade game machines.

[@mynameisray]

I was obsessed with this game back in the day. My local arcade had the fully enclosed one, really helped me love driving and manual trasmissions.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching mynameisray!

[@GD-tt6hl]

The physics was done by the son of the guy who wrote the book of vehicle physics modeling. No really, he was the pioneer. He worked for all the major auto companies, tire companies and F1 car teams. Aeronautics-built the first plane in Maine, involved with the B-17 and B-29. That's why the physics and the force feedback are so good. Secret: You can cut the corner after the jump and before the loop. Follow the speed signs. You can go a little above the speed signs.

[@LyonsArcade]

That's interesting, I never heard about him designing the physics!

[@RandomDude989]

I use to play this as a kid @ the Detroiter Truck Stop in Woodhaven, Mi back in the early 90's... Truck drivers would all watch and keep pumping quarters in it.

[@LyonsArcade]

Those were the days!

[@benjaminsmith3151]

Oh sweet, that's the one with the clutch! Such memories from the early 90s when I first had my license. Nothing else was even close until Midtown Madness years later.

[@LyonsArcade]

It was something special! Thanks for watching Benjamin!

[@VBshredder]

You are spot on, alot of us LOVED this at the time. Race Drivin' was out right around the time I was learning to drive and I took massive pride in using the full manual with clutch setting, and eventually beating the Super Stunt Track with corkscrew, mega steep top hat, and loop with an upside down jump - after months of practice. That was a great accomplishment for me at the time! The unit I played was a full sit-down cabinet in Spaceport Arcade at Greenbrier Mall in Chesapeake, VA. Edit: Yup I always used the brakes - those signs before the stunts let you know a good speed for the stunt you are about to hit.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for the memories VBshredder, those were the days.... it was a very interesting time when the arcades were still around, it's hard to explain to kids how it was if they weren't there :) Thanks for watching, we'll see you on the next video!

[@PhaQ2]

I loved playing this game and was exceptional at it. Every time I would see one I would jump in it and set the high score. Living near the shore gave me access to several in the area.

[@ThatElectronicsFool]

So cool getting the chance to see old hardware like this, how it was built, and how it works. Those Atari manuals tho... Thanks for taking the time to record your work! Also, not entirely sure what to think about the fact that "3 guys couldn't get it in without a chicks assistance." :P

[@LyonsArcade]

It is what it is , lol. Thanks for watching The Workbench, we appreciate it!

[@supersquinto]

Thanks man. This one had such a soft spot for me as a kid. Glad to see another restored!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@toddwasson3355]

A friend of mine wrote the simulation model for this. Atari hid his name, listed him as a "test driver" in the credits, in order to keep from tipping off the competition about how the physics engine worked. This and Race Drivin' were favorites of mine. I had the top score on every machine I ever played. It inspired me to write vehicle models. Now I write similar engines for video games!

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool Todd, it's certainly a great game!

[@rogerspacebucks450]

A lot of the enjoyment of this game was the simulation aspect of the force feedback wheel, and having to have to use the clutch if you didn't choose automatic

[@LyonsArcade]

Most definitely, it was very ahead of it's time!

[@joetripp123]

I got really good at Hard Drivin' as a kid. I couldn't remember what the name of it was so I'm glad I found this video. I loved those Encyclopedia Brown books.

[@TheArcadeguy]

I love the full size cab with the clutch stick shift Nd actual key to start

[@LyonsArcade]

We had one in our living room for awhile, lol

[@Sidman723]

I remember working on this game back in the day, but I never knew the Tantalum cap was really necessary. Wow, you learn something every day. Great video fix Joe.

[@daakrolb]

I remember this hitting the arcade scene very well. It was truly Hard driving. I also remember the big version. Big seat with a back… it was a big deal. That force feedback wheel was cool. I would love to try it again now, after I’ve been driving in real life for 30 years.

[@LyonsArcade]

It's such a cool game!

[@bliglum]

LOVED Hard and Race Drivin' as a kid. There may have been some obscure driving simulation before, but Hard Drivin was certainly the first mainstream racing simulation that came complete with FF proportional steering and a load cell like brake too! I still would like a brake like that with my modern sim setup 2020!

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah that brake was genius!

[@ryanmalin]

I have played this thing so much! They had one at the local bowling alley when j was a kid. Loved this thing. My 2nd cousin had an original Asteroids arcade machine.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah a big aspect of what made this game so popular is if you were a teenager you didn't have a car you could actually drive yet, and this was supposed to be just like a real car, lol. So much fun!

[@squaretops1]

Watching this repair made my day sucha buzz seeing you getting it fixed

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool man glad you enjoyed it!

[@Cooperage911]

Oh my god! In my childhood, I was play one of these arcade machines in a vacation at Italy! That was awesome! Force feedback! After I get that game on PC and it was track editor! (Or maybe Drive harder has a track editor?) Play many times with it. And then Stunts is arrived and this game has forgotten. Good to see a working Hard Drivin machine! Thanks for the video!

[@joefredette6721]

One of the best arcade games out there Ever! Spent so much money playing this. What a great simulator. Great job preserving a game ahead of its time.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Joe, we appreciate the nice words, and yes we really like this title!

[@Doughiemantoo]

Who needs brakes when you're....Hard Drivin'?

[@LyonsArcade]

Apparently the high end guys really use the brake a lot in certain parts, who knew?

[@jackdonkey22]

You want to hit the jumps at the right speed.

[@jackdonkey22]

You want to hit the jumps at the right speed.

[@stevepearson7745]

Very nice. I remember this one. Hope George enjoys it.

[@evilash570]

I have a race driving cockpit and its 600lbs! A real beast! The game is really great with the clutch and force feedback, medium rez monitor, but damn its expensive to fix, 100$ for the seat magnet, almost 100$ dollars for the steering pot, and the steering assembly is different from the upright version. I have the exact same problem with my brakes, and now i’m gonna swap that tantalum!

[@LyonsArcade]

I hope it works for you, the brake may be different on the sitdown though a lot of that stuff was different between the two, but not sure about that brake! Good luck with it!

[@threeparots1]

Cute bit at the end, but I do recall these turning the wheel on demo…this impressed a lot of people looking at this when it was new…played this first at Bellis fair arcade ( Bellingham,Wa) a very long time ago.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching threeparots1!

[@arcadefussell3185]

I had forgotten how difficult this game was. I remember sucking at it back in the day and walking away wondering if I could actually drive a real car. For reference I was driving a 1972 Jeep J4000 pickup truck then. Bet your brother Donnie would like to have that old truck! Thanks for the memory!

[@AzCowboyOne]

Arcade ghost stories should be a show on the Discovery channel!

[@LyonsArcade]

Meh, this is a REAL ghost, not like those fake Discovery ghosts :)

[@emperorlarsxviii6321]

Damn this channel could be a great reality show like pawn stars but with video games!

[@kidpop184]

@@LyonsArcade yea ok you most fool all your kid subs but it dose that in demo Duh !! About as fake as some of these ghost channels unhook the belt then record it prove me wrong even see the demo going on screen

[@DouglasRRenoVideoGameReviews]

This was a very cool repair to watch! I had no idea so much went into the brakes on a Hard Drivin'. That was a fun story at the end too lol Hard Drivin' is a very fun game on its own. I've only seen it once in the wild though

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching Douglas, i'm glad you enjoyed it! We'll see you on the next one, many more on the way :)

[@Ajaxaxxess]

Just sold a Race Drivin Compact" couple months ago. That compact is still a tank to move, top heavy beasts. Had it for 6 months and i never got great at it.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah they're crazy heavy, then it's got that seat permanently hanging off the other end too when you tip it back!

[@anthonydenn4345]

I remember playing this game back in the day. It was one of the first none motorized games that cost £1. Most of the bigger motorized sit down drivers cost a quid. But this one wasn't really motorized like the others, except for the early force feedback. Really liked it, but couldn't afford to play it much back then. I remember the sit down seat mechanism being over engineered, but really cool.

[@LyonsArcade]

yeah it had a big lock on it.... thank you for watching Anthony!

[@ytzpilot]

I loved that game. Too many people used to just floor it and lose control the key was to control your speed, it even posted speed signs before each obstacle, just do that speed you will be fine. I used to do laps on that thing no problem

[@LyonsArcade]

I thought I remembered somebody saying the speed limit signs were the key :) Thanks for watching Matthew, we appreciate it!

[@Dragonman-dp2ft]

One of my favorite games of my youth. Played it for hours.

[@DavidWilliams-rn6uq]

Realistic was Radio Shack’s house brand, probably not original.

[@cheezst8ke]

Yep. they were Radio Shack speakers.

[@android01978]

Fantastic! It’s such a shame that 30 years from today, the current electronics won’t be repairable like this. So much for right to repair!

[@martywolfman]

Oh man, I loved this game! It seemed like the future had finaly arrived. A driving game with a real gearstick and clutch pedal, and force feedback too! I think it took me like 10 attempts to finally make it over the loop :D

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah I remember the loop being a big problem for me too but Joe just drove right over it, and he never played it back in the day (he's too young)....

[@martywolfman]

@@LyonsArcade damn kids!

[@antonnym214]

Joe, you always have GREAT stuff to show us! Hyper-interesting, well researched and well-presented. Kudos. I noticed the voltage on that Tantalum that you replaced, the cap said 20volts. Would that be problematic in a 10v circuit? I see that it works just fine, once replaced. Well done! I LOVED this game when it came out. It blew me away. I hadn't seen fully painted polygons like that before. And the only other polygon system I had seen before this was 1980's Battle Zone. All good wishes.

[@LyonsArcade]

On capacitors in general the voltage rating is the voltage that they can tolerate, so if you go higher on the voltage rate you're still alright. It's like if you have a car that can go 100 mph, it still drives fine at 50mph, the capacitor can allow 20 volts through it but still works fine with 10 volts running through it. This was a big step up from Battlezone graphically, but Battlezone was a great game too of course :) Thanks for watching Anton!

[@antonnym214]

@@LyonsArcade Thanks. I know just enough to be dangerous. Great video in any case. Got 'er working and she's a beauty! Is it possible to get side art for that cabinet?

[@tonerotonero1375]

Back in the day, I always saw it as a milestone . 1 credit was charged twice more than the others and you had to practice quite a lot to get good at it. Also, 3 meters away you had a cockpit version of Afterburner and a lineup of all the best pinball of the era. As a pinball guy, my money went to Earthshaker,Whirlwind, Black knight 2000 and other such beauties. Yet, this Atari game was really impressive and, although not playing it, I watched it for a while a couple of times. So advanced. Thanks for showing its entrails, this is crammed with boards.

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

I remember playing this game when it was brand newly arrived at my arcade, and what fun it was. We were blown away by the feedback steering and the realistic braking. It wasn’t long, however, before the game was all beat up from kids abusing it. Most of the time the feedback steering didn’t work and the brake pedal flopped loosely. Amazing driving simulation, but susceptible to the ravages of Mountain Dew-addled teens.

[@LyonsArcade]

I can see it getting abused for sure! The operators have to keep the kids in line I would have kicked 'em out!

[@fubar-jp1rz]

Race drivin was my first successful restore. I got it for 100 bucks and just had to replace 4 ram chips. I'm younger, under 30, and never heard of this game before but it was very fun while I had it.

[@LyonsArcade]

The things were a fortune new, as you saw they're very complex inside...

[@TheRandomMechanic]

Reminds me alot of a game i had on pc in the 90s that ran on dos called stunts , the graphics , tracks even the loops all look the same , except i think stunts had better music , excellent work as always , keep up the good work

[@jothain]

This is my favorite arcade. It had quite nice physics for it's time. Except gravity :)

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah, lol

[@mrburns366]

I remember the cockpit version at Aladdin's Castle that had the manual shift. What a great game! There was also a buggy racing game that you could shoot other drivers and their seat would pop them in the back with a solenoid. So much fun :)

[@LyonsArcade]

That driver was probably Road Riot 4WD we did a video of the upright kit but never had a sitdown version in.... you can see the kit one here though - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmnOgolvjcZredE

[@mrburns366]

@@LyonsArcade it IS Road Riot! Couldn't remember the name to save my life. lol

[@TheMrMaynard]

This game.. this game and Race Drivin taught me how drive a clutch. Heck I'm still great at it! PRGE 2018 I was hanging with John Riggs, played this in the free play arcade, one round for 15 minutes.. once I was done, Ben Heck was there with Riggs watching and was amazed.. held the #1 spot all weekend. Good times!

[@LyonsArcade]

Very cool man, glad you enjoyed the game I always liked it too :)

[@micahbageant659]

This was Great! I watched the whole video cuz I agree, this is a Killer Game! I remember shoving many quarters into the bigger version! The feel of it was like nothing else...our local Mall's TIMEOUT had one come in Brand New! It got alot of play because of how unique the game was. Your videos are always interesting! Thanks Man!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Micah, we appreciate you watching and sharing your memories with us, see you on the next video!

[@andymouse]

Interesting stuff...You can tell when a PCB has a sensitive spot when the designer puts a " keep out " zone around the parts, you can see around the area you were working on, there is nothing but plain fiberglass board (FR4) its deliberately kept clear of power and signal...cheers.

[@LyonsArcade]

that's interesting I never thought about that, thanks Andy!

[@matk4731]

This was Awesome. Man That was good nothing ever came close in arcade games. We had to wait for NASCAR 2003 on PC before we got the same sort of physics. I use to Drive the cockpit version. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻👍🏻🙃🙃

[@LyonsArcade]

Glad you enjoyed it Mat!

[@20_below]

Always loved playing this with the clutch as a child, great video thanks

[@Jose_Pointero]

Cool to see one of these on the channel. This was one of my fav arcade games as a kid :)

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching Jose... maybe this was the exact one you used to play!

[@cheezst8ke]

I played that game in a local mall arcade back in the early 90s. It was the sit down cockpit cabinet version like you mentioned in the video. It was a great game to play. It was kind of difficult to play too but I got better after playing it for a while. The loop was hard at first to get all the way around it. Yes, I think you can fall off of the sides of the loop and crash.

[@LyonsArcade]

Those will probably be the best replays :) Thanks for watching Cheezst8ke!

[@MrRobarino]

Tantalum caps have a higher capacity and lower leakage then regular electrolytic caps. If I remember my basic electronics correctly, you can swap an electrolytic cap with a tantalum, but the opposite is not always true. In circuits where those low leakage and high capacity properties are needed, you should not swap a tantalum with a electrolytic.

[@LyonsArcade]

I think I accidentally figured that out on this particular design :) Thanks for watching MrRobarino and for the information!

[@frankjackson2439]

How did you not break your display case pushing on that pedal? It looked like you put all your weight on it.

[@LyonsArcade]

Nah I was holding the pedal with one hand and pushing with the other most of the force was just on the pedal it's all good :)

[@bdam55]

@@LyonsArcade Ahh, ok, I was wondering about that too. "Hey, I'm going to push hard enough to bend this piece of medal on top of my display case. What could go wrong?"

[@drooplug]

Oh man. This brings back memories. I loved this game.

[@LyonsArcade]

It's very cool :) Thank you for watching Andrew!

[@cashus68]

I so miss this game !!!!!!!! i am 53, it was about 50 cent up in Seattle.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching Melvin!

[@L330ne]

Loved this game! Awesome video

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Lee, glad you enjoyed it!

[@ocsrc]

255 is FF in HEX. This is usually the default value in all the memory locations when it loads It is either 00 or FF then when a value is written it overwrites the default value in memory

[@kgindustries2937]

One of my favorite games ever! Cool vid.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you KG!

[@bbay1977]

Its a great game. I still havey first tv my father bought me over 40 years ago. I havent plugged it in over 30 years ago. I looked for someone to refurb it 5 years ago, but its like that trade is almost hard to find out there. After watching your channel, im thinking of tackeling it myself. Just take all the steps for safety first. Mainly just going to recap it and clean the inside a little. Still remember playing the Atari 2600 on that tv😊.

[@theoriginaljrest]

Encyclopedia Brown. I still have 2 of those books from my youth. Also, the Choose Your Own Adventure books were so cool with the same concept of turn to such and such page for option A or such in such page to option B.

[@bulletsponge1656]

That thing was a Quarter magnet! Always had issues clearing the loop never enough speed or couldnt keep it straight in the loop!

[@LyonsArcade]

It's a little tricky! Thanks for watching, Bulletsponge!

[@svgalib]

We have a cockpit Race Drivin’. Brakes still ok for now, but now I know how to fix it! Got curious and asked around about the tantalum cap. Seems they are better at filtering noise than standard due to lower ESR. Looks like polymer type may also work for same reason. Great content as always!

[@Giblet535]

Tantalum caps have lower equivalent series resistance. They're common in analog/digital circuits where signals are small & losses can cause problems.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Giblet!

[@electronash]

I think the tantalum cap was used here because it has a lower leakage current? The change in resistance from the strain gauge is so low that the circuit around the AD711 (an opamp) needs to be quite precise. Looks like the tant cap was likely being used for filtering the signal from the strain gauge. That whole resistor setup before the opamp is like a voltage divider, but the opamp also has some feedback/gain. The electrolytic was probably "leaking" just a bit too much current, dropping the voltage on the positive opamp input a bit too much.

[@electronash]

I'm not sure what SG.SW means, unless there's a pot somewhere for adjusting the bias for the strain gauge, or maybe that's a reference voltage from the ADC circuit.

[@LyonsArcade]

That makes sense to me :) It's an interesting design, that's for sure! Thank you for watching ElectronAsh :)

[@LyonsArcade]

SG SW may mean Strain Gauge Switch....

[@tahustvedt]

Modern high end silmuator hardware also uses strain gauge forthe brakes t obeasure brake force instead of just brake deflection like the cheaper potentiometer brake sets do.

[@LyonsArcade]

I think it was a nice setup personally...

[@atranfanatic]

Yeah I remember around my Junior High days I played Hard Drivin' in the cockpit version. Man that was a brutally difficult game. lol I was never good at it either. But when I get my encoder boards for my Arcade1up Ridge Racer sit down PC mod. I'm going to play both the Hard Drivin' & Race Drivin' games and get better at them. lol Cool video and I learned some more interesting things!

[@mathuetax]

I loved this arcade game. The one I played had a full seat and a more realistic shifter. I don't even want to think of how many quarters I tossed into that thing. $1 a game. Dang, it is so cool to see those graphics again it's almost making me tear up. Sheesh, I'm getting sentimental over a dang videogame.

[@LyonsArcade]

It's part of your life Mathue you're getting teary because it's still out there like you are after all these years, see you on the next video!

[@cardjunkie]

games have come a long way but sometimes retro has the edge ,

[@samuelgoodman2825]

The instant replay was the best

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah it was! Always loved that...

[@80sretrogamer]

WOW NICE VIDEO thats what i like about this channel its not all pinball but diffrent arcades to keep up the good hard work

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching 80sretrogamer, we appreciate it!

[@80sretrogamer]

@@LyonsArcade i also play segam games on my youtube dischord and 80sretrogamer twitch message back if you woul like to join too

[@jennifereaston736]

9:39 test mode

[@hotchalupa]

I have that machine in my basement. Took a while to find this "compact sit down" version (I kept running across the full cockpit version....no space for it! The brown bits in the artwork used to be light colored (white...sky blue?) back in the day. They turn that color when they age, which is really strange.

[@LyonsArcade]

It was something Atari was doing with their material at the time, we get them in often on other atari games from around that period that do the same exact thing. Games like Klax, or Tetris get very brown over time....

[@elfenmagix8173]

The first Driving Simulation arcade game to my memory was "Night Driver," back in 1978 or so. It was in Black & White, and you had to drove between the pylons. It was fascinating even by today's standards as the physics of driving was spot on even by 40 year old technology. I've played Night Driver at the 42nd Street Arcade at Time Square NYC. It was one of the more expensive games to play at $1 when all other games was 25cents.

[@LyonsArcade]

I've never played that one, thanks for watching Elfen!

[@samuelgoodman2825]

My first reaction when I played the cockpit version having never seen the game was mind blowing.Cost 50 cents.Became top score for a long time in my hometown .Great to burn one before playing lol

[@LyonsArcade]

It's for the nerves, Mannnn Thanks for watching Samuel!

[@samuelgoodman2825]

@@LyonsArcade Yep but nowadays it's for my rhuematiz